I know I avoid mirrors in total because of this... my psychiatrist asked me about a month ago randomly if I avoided looking in the mirror. I was so offended. Like am I that ugly? Who just asks that. "Do you ever look in the mirror Lydia?" He's trying to learn about dissociative disorders too... and I think he was trying to get at this. Of course my answer was no... but I thought he was trying to say like it was quite obvious I didn't look in mirrors. My hair was never done and I never put on make up, etc. I was like

I think I understand now and feel much better about him asking that question. It's probably fairly common among people with DID.